TERTIARY PREVENTION- Begins after an illness, when a defect or disability is fixed, stabilized or determined to be irreversible. Its focus is to help rehabilitate individuals and restore them to an optimum level of functioning within the constraints of the disability.

Examples:

ØReferring a client who has had a colostomy to a support group

ØTeaching a client who has disabilities to identify and prevent complications

ØReferring a client with a spinal chord injury to a rehabilitation center to receive training that will maximize use of remaining abilities.